I’ve a 2019 iMac 21.5″ which has a 1TB fusion pressure. However the HDD is getting outdated and sluggish (and it clearly wasn’t rapid first of all).
Till just lately, I additionally had Home windows Bootcamp put in at the HDD, and it was once horribly sluggish. To mend this, I purchased an exterior SSD and now I boot Home windows 11 on it by the use of EFI. It is so rapid, it is in fact higher than the usage of my Mac partition. So I need to make the Mac facet sooner via doing a blank set up of MacOS Large Sur to the 28GB SSD after which partition the brand new 480GB SSD: 240GB for Home windows 11, and 240GB for Mac packages and repeatedly accessed information when operating MacOS. This leaves the 1TB HDD for garage of information/software I exploit hardly.
I guess I need to set up MacOS at the 28GB SSD as a result of my new SSD has a velocity of 600 MBps and is attached by the use of USB 3.0, is that even slower? So I imagine the interior one is quicker.
On the other hand, I’ve a couple of issues I do not somewhat perceive about how the whole thing is structured on a Mac.
If I used to be to separate my fusion pressure, after which set up MacOS to the 28GB SSD. How do I inform the Mac I need to use the exterior 240GB partition for Programs, Library, Gadget, and Customers? I guess having those on SSD will accelerate my Mac (please proper me if I am unsuitable).
I am additionally very puzzled about what the Macintosh HD/Gadget folder in fact is and the way this suits into what I need to do.
I need to know precisely what I want to do prior to I strive this. Any assist can be a great deal liked.